THE mind of man, like this machine,
Has various moving springs unseen;
Strong feelings which affect him still,
And prompt him both to good and ill.
These secret feelings are the cause,
From whence all human action flows;
Of varied characters the source,
Strong impulses, with powerful force;
They all for vice or virtue plead,
And all to vice or virtue lead.
Let reason mark the bounding lines,
Where each from rectitude declines,
And conscience in the mind preside,
Their regulator and their guide.
(Isabella Lickbarrow)
More Poetry from Isabella Lickbarrow:
Isabella Lickbarrow Poems based on Topics: Mind, Man, Emotions- The Pictures Of Memory (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
- The Vision. Canto First. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
- The Vision. Canto Third. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
- A Fragment On Solitude (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
- Lady Hamilton (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
- Written Early in Spring (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)